Press Release

15 June 1999

Press Release
GA/PAL/807

UN INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN CAIRO LOOKS AT WAYS TO ENFORCE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION

19990615

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

14 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1134

CUSTOMS IMPEDE WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES IN BELIZE, DESPITE LEGAL PROTECTION, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990614

Belize Presents Initial and Second Periodic Reports; Committee Questions Role of Church, High Rates of HIV/AIDS

14 June 1999

Press Release
SG/2055
ORG/1285

PORTRAIT OF FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI UNVEILED AT HEADQUARTERS

19990614

A portrait of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was unveiled at United Nations Headquarters this afternoon.

14 June 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/58

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 JUNE

19990614

- 1 - Press Release DSG/SM/58 14 June 1999

14 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1135

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE MUST ADDRESS LACK OF LEGAL RIGHTS FOR INFORMAL RELATIONSHIPS, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990614

Committee Continues Consideration of Belize's Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

14 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7030
ORG/1286

SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNVEILING PORTRAIT OF BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI, SAYS IT IS PICTURE OF MAN WITH COURAGE TO STICK BY HIS DECISIONS

19990614 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

At Headquarters Ceremony, Kofi Annan Also Says Boutros-Ghali Deserves Gratitude of All Who Know Organization to be Indispensable and Irreplaceable

14 June 1999

Press Release
SAG/41

TWO CANDIDATES TO STAND FOR ELECTION AS FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL

19990614

ROME, 14 June 14 (FAO) -- Jacques Diouf of Senegal and Juan Carlos Roland Vignaud of Argentina have been nominated for the post of Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the agency announced today.

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7026
SOC/NAR/802

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS AND CROSS-BORDER NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING MAKE UN MOST SUITABLE FOR WAGING WAR AGAINST THEM

19990611 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

11 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1133

RETURNING REFUGEES AND ERADICATING POVERTY IN RURAL AREAS PARTS OF GEORGIA'S 1998-2000 ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990611 Committee Concludes Consideration of Georgia's Report on Compliance With Convention of Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7028

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARE OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY CONCERNING HIS MISSION OF GOOD OFFICES IN CYPRUS

19990611

Kofi Annan Studying Joint Statement of G-8 Foreign Ministers In Preparation of Summit Meeting to Be Held Next Week in Cologne

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: